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New children's book illustrates importance of health for whole family

Helping kids make healthy choices is the focus of a new book by Jason Williams, a personal trainer at the MAC.

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Updated: 11:56 AM EDT Oct 27, 2014

New children's book illustrates importance of health for whole family

Helping kids make healthy choices is the focus of a new book by Jason Williams, a personal trainer at the MAC.

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WEBVTT WELCOME BACK. HELPING KIDS MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES IS THE FOCUS OF A NEW BECOME BY JASON WILLIAMS. HE'S THE PERSON TRAINER AT THE MAC, AND HIS BOOK, "THE ADVENTURES OF FRANKIE FITNESS: LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON" ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU. WHO'S YOUR LITTLE HELPER? SOPHIA. HOW HOLD ARE YOU? 6 1/2. TELL US WHY YOU WROTE THE BOOK. IT'S AN INSPIRATIONAL BOOK FOR PARENTS TO HELP THEIR KIDS GET HEALTHY AND FIT. I WANTED TO HELP KIDS GET, YOU KNOW, AT AN EARLY AGE HEALTHY AND FIT AND SOMETHING THEY CAN CARRY ON UNTIL THEIR TEENS, ADULTS, YOU KNOW, AND TEACH THEIR KIDS ONE DAY, YOU KNOW. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE STARTING WITH LITTLE ONES. LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE EXERCISES YOU'RE TEACHING FOR SMALLER KIDS. I'LL HOLD THE BOOK. ALL RIGHT. SOPHIA, DO YOU WANT TO SHOW ME YOUR DOWNWARD DOG. HOW'S THAT GOING TO LOOK, RIGHT? PULL YOUR HIPS OUT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A STRETCH. YOU KNOW, LITTLE KIDS CAN DO THIS AT HOME. SOPHIA, IS THAT HARD? IS IT HARD, SOPHIA? NO. ALL RIGHT. SHOW ME A PUSH-UP. NO WAY. THAT IS WAY BETTER THAN MINE. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. NICE. NOW COME OCCUPY. ON UP.SHOW ME JUMPING JACK. LOOK AT YOU GO. THESE ARE ALL THE EXERCISES IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK THAT THEY CAN DO. YOU KNOW, GET THEIR HEARTRATE UP A LITTLE BIT. SHOW ME CRUNCHES NEXT. I WANT TO SEE YOUR CRUNCHES. LIE ON YOUR BACK. THERE YOU GO, RIGHT. NO WAY. LOOK AT HER. AND HER LEGS ARE SUSPENDED AND EVERYTHING. RIGHT. BRING YOUR HEAD HERE. RIGHT. NOW CRUNCH. UP AND DOWN. UP AND DOWN. RIGHT? NOW SHOW ME A PLANK. DO YOU KNOW WHAT A PLANK IS? ON YOUR ELBOWS LIKE THIS. YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] HOW LONG WOULD YOU HOLD THAT FOR? TWO DAYS? LIKE, 20 SECONDS. 20 SECONDS. THERE YOU GO. GOOD JOB, SOPHIA. SO HOW DO YOU GET KIDS AS YOUNG AS SOPHIA EXCITED ABOUT EXERCISING? I MEAN, THEY HAVE A NATURAL ENTHUSIASM ANYWAY. YEAH, RIGHT. WHEN KIDS ARE HER AGE, THEY WANT TO DO WHAT THEIR PARENTS DO. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR ME, I HAVE NIECES AND NEPHEWS SO THEY FOLLOW YOU AROUND AND THEY'RE, LIKE, I WANTED TO DO THAT, I WANT TO DO THIS. BUT WHAT IF YOUR PARENTS AREN'T ACTIVE AND THAT'S PART OF THE POINT OF YOUR BOOK IS GETTING THE WHOLE FAMILY INVOLVED? RIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK, THE STORYLINE, LIKE FRANKIE MOTIVATES -- EXCUSE ME, FRANKIE MOTIVATES HIS PARENTS TO WORK OUT. YOU CAN COME UP NOW. I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S STILL DOING T. SOPHIA, YOU'RE SUCH AN INSPIRATION. [LAUGHTER] RIGHT. SO KIDS CAN ALSO MOTIVATE THEIR PARENTS. SURE. SO IT'S NICE WHEN THEY COME HOME FROM SCHOOL. I HAD GYM CLASS AND HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED TODAY. THEIR PARENTS GO, OH, WOW, MAYBE I NEED TO START DOING SOMETHING TO TEACH MY KIDS AND NOT ONLY MAKE MYSELF HEALTHY. WHERE CAN WE FIND YOUR BOOK? YOU CAN FIND IT AT THE MAC ON ON-LINE AT MYBODY.COM. GO AHEAD AND E-MAIL ME AND I'LL SHOOT YOU THE LINK AND WE'LL GET YOU GUYS A COPY. SOUNDS GREAT. WAS IT FUN? YES. ARE YOU OUT OF BREATH? THAT WAS A LONG PLANK. KIND OF. IF YOU CAN DO IT, ANYONE CAN

New children's book illustrates importance of health for whole family

Helping kids make healthy choices is the focus of a new book by Jason Williams, a personal trainer at the MAC.